My dear, poor, non French people,
Ever thought there could be magic in a salad?
I mean not in that terrible all-washed no-cheese no-croutons no-life "Iceberg" you've been looking at every day at noon, now that you've decided you are going to lose the few pounds that separate you from being "the real you" (or may I say, the real boring you?).
I'm talking vraie salade.
I myself used to hate it. As a kid we would only eat salad after the entree, with a ...

My dear, poor, non French people,
Let me tell you: it's never funny to be the turkey of the stuffing.
I guess that would be the litteral translation of "Etre le dindon de la farce", a popular French saying that means "being the laughing stock".
Why do American people are so concerned about it ?
The stuffing I mean.
That what amazed me most last month as I was enjoying my first real Thanksgiving. Even a gourmet like me had never seen people fight over ...

My dear, poor, non-French people,
Let me tell you one thing. "La vie, c'est de la m...", as my grande amie Maha always says.
Life is a bitch.
You never get exactly what you wish for, and alway miss what you don't have.
Take me for example.
I live in California, where the weather is 600 times better now than the rainy foggy Paris in November. And what do I dream of ? Cobb Salad on Malibu Beach ?
Pas de chemin Joseph (I guess that's ...

My dear poor non French people,
This blog is a great opportunity for me to tell the world what we Français are about, and to put an end to too many outrageous prejudices.
Non, we're not spending our days with a glass of wine in the hand.
Sometimes, when it's very hot like today in Los Angeles, we also have it in our plate.
So allow me to share with you one of my grand mother's recipes :
Les Fraises au vin.
1 pound of Strawberries
1/2 ...

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French and Parfait is the food blog of Cecile Delarue.
What you’ll see here is a lot of traditional French recipes: comfort food à la française, great cakes and delicious quiches, the way us, French and perfect women, like to do it!
My goal is to help you, my poor non-French people, to find French and perfect cooking bliss...
C'est easy! Do like me! Voila.